“culture of poverty” and violence that many social scientists have claimed exists within poor, urban, African-American communities (Ensminger 1). The diseased language of discourse surrounding the “tangle of pathology” that pervades hyper-visible misrepresentations of particular black communities and black expressive cultures are frequently utilized to dehumanize and devalue the black lived experience. This has produced a narrow scope through which blackness is represented and understood, as well
The heated discussion surrounding the American education system is naturally going to cross over the weakest link of the system, the failing schools, most of which are predominantly in lower-class Urban areas. The scores from these urban schools, which are failing to meet the testing standards and hold up globally, consist of an disproportionate population of the majority of the low-income, minority students, with just about every obstacle going against them all stuck in these failing schools. As
The level of the population’s level of physical activity is becoming a major public health concern in the United States (Wahlgren, 2011). As a result of urban sprawl, Americans rely heavily on personal vehicles to travel to work or other destinations. This is leading to a sedentary life style for the public as they take to their cars to travel to their destination. The public’s perception of the environments in which they live in are likely influencing their behaviors resulting in their dependance
Are They a Reasonable Solution for Washington D.C.’s Public Schools? The nation’s capital has a problematic history with public school education. Washington D.C. public schools have been consistently ranked as having the “lowest graduation rate” in the United States for years (Brown). To address this problem, the District has started making critical reforms. Due to Washington D.C.’s long-term negligence of public education, charter schools emerged in the city in 1996 (Pardo 11). Since their start
CHAPTER TWO: LITERARTURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction Urban Development is the science of managing and directing city growth with respects to the discipline of land utilization planning which explores a very wide range of aspects of the built and social environments. Urban development process is a highly complicated process containing various phases. As a main core of the process, urban design gives numbers of proposed plans that are called alternatives. It is worthy to mention that the decision making
grade in a very generalized manner. The focus is mainly on math and reading, and requires remembering an assortment of different facts. Alternatives to these testing norms are often called alternative assessment. Alternative assessment is defined as “any form of measuring what students know and are able to do other than traditional standardized tests. Alternative forms of assessment include portfolios, performance-based assessments, and other means of testing students.” Performance-based assessment
Ever since my days in middle school in China, I have dreamed of being an electrical engineer. My father nurtured my copious ideas such as transformer and inductor. Even though I didn’t have too much idea about electrical engineering, I found abundant happiness though work activities that included practical and hand-on problems. During the past three years, I learned a lot concept including semiconductor, electromagnetic and signal at University of Illinois. I have explored ECE widely and eventually
and Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE). • Describes the functional requirements and technical properties that are at least needed. Those could be performance requirements, metering and networking functionalities, privacy issues, security and standards used. • Allows T&D operators to use different suppliers or their own assets and equipment to implement the Smart Metering system. Define priorities in terms of which urban areas will firstly be connected to the Smart Metering system. This prioritization
Housing segregation is as the taken for granted to any feature of urban life in the United States (Squires, Friedman, & Siadat, 2001). It is the application of denying minority groups, especially African Americans, equal access to housing through misinterpretation, which denies people of color finance services and opportunities to afford decent housing. Caucasians usually live in areas that are mostly white communities. However, African Americans are most likely lives in areas that are racially
3.3 Public transport In terms of low-carbon transport system, the development of public transport, encourage walking, cycling, and other low-carbon travel mode is an important alternative way to promote the city's carbon emissions. To provide residents a convenient and comfortable way to travel is also planner and policy makers’ duties. In addition to expanding public transport network, planning by promotes the capacity and quality of public transport services and other measures to enhance the attractiveness